Shanghai Reports Record COVID Deaths As Weeks-Long Lockdown Continues

Workers in protective suits prepare to disinfect a residential compound in Huangpu district in Shanghai, China on April 20, 2022. © China Daily via Reuters

Daily Mail: China puts CAGES around Covid-stricken: Shanghai officials block off residential buildings with infected dwellers inside under strict lockdown of city's 25M people

* Shanghai erected metal barriers in multiple districts to block off streets

* In the city's financial district, Pudong, the barriers - thin metal sheets or mesh fences - were put up in several neighbourhoods under an official directive

* China reported 21,796 new community transmitted COVID-19 infections Sunday

* The latest outbreak, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant, has spread nationwide, but has been particularly large in Shanghai

Shanghai authorities have put up fences outside residential buildings as China hardens its strict 'zero-COVID' policy, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people indoors.

The largest district in Beijing, meanwhile, will require everyone living or working in the area to take three COVID tests this week, and put more than a dozen buildings under lockdown, after the Chinese capital reported 22 new cases for Saturday. The district, Chaoyang, is home to 3.45 million people.

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WNU Editor: It looks like Beijing is next .... Beijing braces for rise in Covid cases amid outcry over Shanghai blockade (The Guardian). More here .... Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues (CNN).

Shanghai Reports Record COVID Deaths As Weeks-Long Lockdown Continues

Shanghai flare-up develops at 'high level,' sees increasing cluster infections at construction sites -- Global Times

Shanghai erects metal barriers in fight against COVID-19 -- AP

Covid death toll rises in China as authorities warn of 'grim' situation -- France 24

Frustration grows in Shanghai, China as harsh COVID lockdowns continue -- NYPost

Shanghai Reports Record COVID Deaths As Lockdown Drags On -- Zero Hedge

Shanghai erects fences around COVID-hit areas -- Axios

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